Our Family

 

 

This is us: Rob, Cassie, Matthew ‘00, Christopher ‘01, Sarah ‘04 and Laura ‘05.  Matthew is on the left, Christopher on the right.  Laura is in the black dress, Sarah in the blue and red one. 

We’ve been married nine years now (‘98) and have four children here and eight with the Lord because of miscarriages.  We are praying for more blessings to come, both biological and adopted.  We also may pursue foster parenting in the future.  We love each other more each day-God knew what He was doing when He put us together (of course). 

Rob keeps me focused on what I should be focused on–I have a tendancy to see EVERYTHING that needs done and get overwhelmed or sidetracked.  He is patient with me and loves me no matter what.  He is a wonderful leader and provider and is good at just about everything he sets his mind to.  His diligence inspires me.  He loves recording, and video editing.  He does a great job mixing sound for our church.  He enjoys woodworking, remodeling (that has been a second occupation lately!), reading, hiking, and lots of other things.

I thoroughly love my full-time job as wife and mom to my wonderful family.  If I could get organized I would also enjoy practicing voice and piano (I do sing on our church’s worship team), crocheting and knitting, and learning to sew (slowly but surely), and drawing and reading.  I enjoy learning how to make yummy and healthy food for my family.  And I love to write–hence this blog.  Really it is a way for me to write what I want without bugging all my friends who have so graciously allowed me to e-mail them gobs and gobs of stuff for several years!  They have all been very encouraging, but I’ve been wanting to write more lately, so here I am.

Matthew is our craft organizer.  He can visualize something and make it happen.  We think he will be working with his hands when he gets older.

Christopher loves science.  He wants to be a chef, and loves it when he gets to help me cook.  He is almost always smiling, and has been called “smiley” by many since he was a baby.

Sarah is my little helper.  She’s always bringing her stool over to the counter when I cook, “I want to help!”   She’s been talking since she was 9 months old, so we’ve been able to have good conversations for a long time.   

Laura is our wild woman (I hope not really, but she is hilarious!).  She also enjoys helping.  She has the greatest smile. 

We homeschool using the Bible, a Charlotte Mason approach and My Father’s World curriculum, etc.  I was also homeschooled from third grade on, and cannot imagine any other life.  It is so worth the effort.

 God bless you, and thanks for stopping by.

Cassie

“What am I? Well, here is what I am. I am the worst sinner I know. And by the grace of God I am doing better than I deserve. For I deserve the righteous wrath of God because of my sin. I deserve to be punished eternally. But in the mystery of His mercy, God sacrificed and crushed His Son on the Cross–as my substitute–so that I might be forgiven of my sin and know God as my Father rather than my Judge. What am I? I am truly amazed by the grace of God. That’s what I am.” ~ C.J. Mahaney Together for the Gospel Blog